The Relative and Incremental Explanatory Power of Earnings and Alternative (to Earnings) Performance Measures for Returns

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-164

  Francis, Jennifer ^a   Schipper, Katherine ^b   Vincent, Linda ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Financial Accounting Standards Board ^*  (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash flows; Earnings; Nonfinancial measures; Performance metrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542398982     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1506/XVQV-NQ4A-08EX-FC8A     Document Type: Review

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